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Well, that is the lesson I've learned in this situation. If you saw in my post I was walking out of a patient's room as my nurse asked me "Can you take her IV out" so I thought she was talking about the patient that I had just walked out from. But she was talking about the patient in the next room (both female patients, and both possibly being discharged that day). She didn't specify but yes I understand it was my mistake in assuming that she was talking about the patient I had just passed meds to. Now if we were standing at the nurse's station and she said "Can you take her IV out for me" of course I would have asked "Which patient are you talking about?" But obviously that was not the circumstance I was in. Lesson learned! I will always verify everything from now on.

Thank you everyone for your constructive criticism and helpful answers, that is why I love this site. And nursemike, I will most definitely work on my "lumbering" gait.

Thanks, yes Anisettes I would never try to cover up a mistake and I will definitely be sure to verify every little thing from now on whatever it may be. Thank you

Thank you both, that makes me feel better.

Hello! I haven't posted here in a very long time but I'm on here almost everyday. I'm in my last semester of nursing school and will be graduating in May... I have done very well so far in school and have had no problems in my clinicals, but of course, on my very LAST clinical day I was passing meds, and as I walked out of the patient's room my nurse said "Can you take out her IV for me" so I went back in the room and took out her IV (saline lock)...but then found out she was talking about the patient in the room next to her! She did not specify who so I thought she was talking about the patient who's room I had just walked out of...I feel stupid because I should have made sure myself who she was talking about and thought it through before I just automatically did what she asked. I was embarrassed and felt stupid. I'm posting because I've been worrying about it and wondering if I can get into trouble for something like that? I am about to graduate so I guess I'm just really nervous and worrying about EVERYTHING and I want to make sure I am competent. All my nurse said was "Oh you took out so and so's?? There wasn't an order for that! Well hopefully she'll be discharged today anyway." I said I'm so sorry I thought you were talking about so and so. She didn't seem too concerned but did seem slightly annoyed by it. It was a stupid mistake, but should I be worrying about it as much as I am? Can I possibly get in trouble for mistakenly taking it out without an order? And I want to apply to that hospital AND that floor when I graduate... Thanks so much for any replies

thank you all so much :)

Hello! My professor gave each of us an "unknown" bacteria that we have to identify by following certain staining methods. Does anyone know how to tell the difference between staph aureus and staph epidermidis? I know that what I have is between those two, but under the microscope they look the same. The next thing I would need to do to figure it out would be to see if it has yellow colonies or white colonies....but I'm not sure how to figure that out since we used Gram staining...and the colonies were purple from that. If anyone has any idea I would GREATLY appreciate it. Thank you so much. :)

Hello everyone! I am currently taking a&p I and microbiology. I am getting an A in a&p but microbiology.....well let's just say I don't even want to know what I am getting in that class. I am so discouraged from it now. It is very difficult for me for some reason, and I'm not sure if it's the teacher, or my studying habits, or what? I am so scared that this is going to be the class that affects whether or not I get accepted in the nursing program at my school. I don't even know why I'm writing this I don't particularly have a question I'm just so upset that this class is so difficult for me. And on top of it, our teacher tells us that "if you guys think this class is hard, wait until you get in the nursing program." Great thanks for the encouragement! Did anyone else experience this in microbiology? I know the nursing program will be hard, but I feel like if i'm having this hard of a time in micro, that I won't be able to handle nursing school. Thanks for listening to me.

Hello everyone! I just finished my CNA training course and want to work until I *hopefully* get accepted into the nursing program. But I'm not sure if I should apply at an LTCF or assisted living facility. What is the difference between the two in terms of the daily jobs that you perform? Because I know, obviously, that at an assisted living facility the residents can take care of themselves more than at an LTCF. So what exactly do you do as a CNA when working at an assisted living facility? And also, one more question...I have heard that one must work at an LTCF, as a CNA, before being able to work at a hospital as a CNA. Does anyone know about this? Thank you so much in advance for any replies!